It's been a great pleasure to read the Origin of Specie ... I had forgotten how clever Darwin was and how he carefully weighs his arguments for evolution.
I had also fallen prey to several myths about the book. For example, I didn't realize that Origin of Species is all about speciation and the difference between species and varieties.
Go read all about it. Very much worth a look.
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